Possible example for https://github.com/keyz182/Cordova-SQLitePlugin

gistfile1.js

var totalProgress = 0;
var localFileName = 'test.sqlite';
var remoteFile = "http://www.example.com/test.sqlite"

window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, function (fileSystem) {
    console.log('file system retrieved.');

    fs = fileSystem;

    //Not exclusive, so success on create or open
    var dir = fs.root.getDirectory('sql', {create:true},function(directory){

        console.log(directory);
        console.log(directory.toURL());
        console.log(directory.toNativeURL());

        //Exclusive, so success only is the file is newly created - i.e. skip download if file exists
        var file = directory.getFile(localFileName, {create:true,exclusive:true}, function(file){
            console.log(file);

            console.log('DB does not exist');
            console.log('Downloading sqlite file...');

            ft = new FileTransfer();
            ft.onprogress = function(evt) {
                if (evt.lengthComputable) {
                    var progress = Math.floor((evt.loaded/evt.total)*100);
                    if(totalProgress!=progress){
                        //Convert to MB, then show two numbers after decimal point.
                        var totalMB = evt.total/(1024*1024);
                        totalMB = String(Math.round(totalMB * 100) / 100);

                        console.log("Downloading offline maps: " + progress + "% of " + totalMB + "MB");
                        totalProgress = progress;
                    }
                } else {
                    console.log("+1");
                }
            };
            
            //Use toURL to pass the correct file path format to ft
            ft.download(encodeURI(remoteFile),file.toURL(), function (entry) {
                console.log('download complete: ' + entry.fullPath);
		
                //One of the following lines should work, I can't remember which.
                var db = window.sqlitePlugin.openDatabase({name: "TestDatabase", bgType: 1, dburi=entry.toURL()});
                //var db = window.sqlitePlugin.openDatabase({name: "TestDatabase", bgType: 1, dburi=entry.fullPath});		
            }, function (error) {
                console.log('error with download', error);
            });

        }, function(error){
           console.log(error);
        });
    }, function(error){
        console.log("Error creating SQLite Diretory")
        console.log(error);
    })
});